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Horizontal Scaling

Scaling out by adding more machines or nodes to a pool of resources.

Definition

Scaling out by adding more machines or nodes to a pool of resources.

Use case

Adding 3 extra web server nodes to handle higher request volume.

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What is horizontal scaling?

Google Cloud · Article · link checked 2026-10-16

Adding machines instead of bigger machines, with the tradeoffs.

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